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The Ellisdale Fossil Site is located near Ellisdale in the valley of the Crosswicks Creek, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.The site has produced the largest and most diverse fauna of Late Cretaceous terrestrial animals from eastern North America, including the type specimens of the teiid lizard Prototeius stageri [1] and the batrachosauroidid salamander Parrisia neocesariensis. [2]
The famous Ellisdale Fossil Site, a konzentrat-lagerstätten which contains one of the most diverse Cretaceous vertebrate assemblages (likely rapidly buried in a massive flood event) known from eastern North America/former Appalachia, is an exposure of this formation.
This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils. Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there.
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Ellisdale may refer to: Ellisdale, New Jersey, United States, an unincorporated community; Ellisdale Fossil Site, a fossil bed near Ellisdale
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Ellisdale Fossil Site, Marshalltown Formation, Monmouth County, New Jersey Parrisia neocesariensis is an extinct species of batrachosauroidid salamander. †Scotiophryne †Scotiophryne pustulosa; 125–60.5 Ma, Aptian to Selandian Hell Creek Formation, Montana, USA Mexico Saskatchewan, Canada; A little-known frog.